Glacier County is a county in Montana, United States, on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains where the Great Plains meet Glacier National Park. It had a population of 13,778 at the 2020 census and covers 3,037 square miles (7,870 km2), of which 41 square miles (110 km2) is water, centred near 48°42′N 113°01′W.<\/p>\n
Cut Bank is the county seat, and its postal code is 59427. The county has one incorporated city, roughly a dozen census-designated places — several of them Hutterite colonies — and a scatter of unincorporated communities inside Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Glacier County runs on Mountain Time.<\/p>\n
Glacier County has one incorporated city (Cut Bank), roughly 16 census-designated places, and a further dozen named unincorporated communities, many of them trailheads or historic sites inside Glacier National Park rather than year-round settlements. CDP = Census-Designated Place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cut Bank<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 59427<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Browning<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 59417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Babb<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 59411<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Big Sky Colony<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blackfoot<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Glacier Park Village<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 59434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Glacier Colony<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Glendale Colony<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hidden Lake Colony<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Horizon Colony<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Little Browning<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 59417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North Browning<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 59417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Santa Rita<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Seville Colony<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| South Browning<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 59417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| St. Mary<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 59417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Starr School<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 252<\/td>\n | 59417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Zenith Colony<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bison<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| False Summit<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fort Piegan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gunsight<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kiowa<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Meriwether<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Piegan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rising Sun<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Star<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Summit<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sundance<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Swift Current<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Browning, North Browning, South Browning and Little Browning are four separate census-designated places that together form the Blackfeet Nation’s tribal seat, split apart by the Census Bureau rather than by any local boundary. Several of the “colony” CDPs — Big Sky, Glacier, Glendale, Hidden Lake, Horizon, Seville and Zenith — are Hutterite communal farms scattered across the county’s eastern plains, most of them near Valier and Cut Bank.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nThe two Babb and East Glacier Park ZIP codes are PO-Box-only delivery areas; the Hutterite colonies and the trailhead communities inside Glacier National Park use whichever of the four ZIPs is nearest rather than their own code.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nGlacier County sits on the eastern slope of the Continental Divide, where the Rocky Mountains drop abruptly onto the Great Plains. About 71% of the county lies within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, and roughly 21% of its western third lies inside Glacier National Park, including a 53-mile stretch of the Going-to-the-Sun Road and Marias Pass on the Continental Divide. The county’s northern edge is the Canadian border with Alberta, meeting Waterton Lakes National Park. Glacier County borders Toole County<\/a> to the east, Pondera County<\/a> to the south, and Flathead County<\/a> to the west across the Continental Divide.<\/p>\n Glacier County had a population of 13,778 at the 2020 census. Browning, the Blackfeet Nation’s tribal seat, and Cut Bank, the county seat, are its two largest communities. American Indian residents, overwhelmingly enrolled Blackfeet, make up about two-thirds of the county’s population, with the reservation communities in the west and the ranching town of Cut Bank in the east giving the county a distinct east-west split in both economy and demographics. Median household income in the county runs well below the Montana median of $70,804. Population density is about 4.5 people per square mile of land.<\/p>\n The Blackfeet Nation is the largest employer and landowner on the reservation side of the county, running tribal government offices, the Blackfeet Community College, and tourism operations tied to Glacier National Park’s east entrance at St. Mary and East Glacier Park Village. Cut Bank’s economy centres on farming, cattle ranching and oil and gas services along the BNSF Railway’s Hi-Line route, which it shares with Amtrak’s Empire Builder. Tourism through the park’s east side is strongest from June through September, when Going-to-the-Sun Road is fully open.<\/p>\n Glacier County was organised in 1919, carved out of the eastern portion of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, and named for the glaciers of what is now Glacier National Park, established in 1910. Cut Bank grew up around a Great Northern Railway stop and later became a regional hub for the Cut Bank oil field, discovered in the 1920s. Browning has served as the Blackfeet Nation’s tribal administrative seat since the reservation’s boundaries were fixed in the late 19th century.<\/p>\n US Highway 2 crosses the county east-west through Cut Bank, Browning and East Glacier Park Village, and is the main route to Glacier National Park’s east side. US Highway 89 runs north from Browning through St. Mary to the Piegan\/Carway border crossing into Alberta.<\/p>\n Amtrak’s Empire Builder stops at Browning and East Glacier Park Village (seasonal). The nearest commercial airport is Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell.<\/p>\n Where is Glacier County, Montana?<\/strong> What is the population of Glacier County?<\/strong> How big is Glacier County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Glacier County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Glacier County?<\/strong> |